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Curriculum Vitae of Dianne Trussell
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10 November 1954, Adelaide, South Australia
ADDRESS:
PO Box 642 Byron Bay, NSW 2481 Australia
EDUCATION:
Secondary
1967-1972: Gilles Plains High School, Adelaide, SA
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TERTIARY EDUCATION
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1974-1976
Bachelor of Sciences at the Flinders University of South Australia:
Earth Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology
Biology major.
1978-1979
Part-time completion of BSc degree
1980
BSc Honours Thesis in the School of Biological Sciences:
"An Experimental Investigation of the Physical and Biotic Influences on the Niche of Bembicium Nanum".
This project was undertaken to determine factors influencing the distribution and behaviour of a marine intertidal gastropod. Field studies were carried out on the rock platform at Marino Rocks, South Australia, and supplemented by work in a tidal tank which I designed in the laboratory.
EARLY EMPLOYMENT:
1973
Sales Assistant and Ordering Clerk at Beck Book Company, Adelaide.
1975
Assistant Personnel Officer, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Sydney.
1976
Clerk, Systems Department, John Martins, Adelaide
Corsetier, Ladies' Lingerie department, John Martins, Adelaide
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SCIENTIFIC CAREER
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Technical Laboratory Assistant in the Dairy Branch of the Department of Agriculture Research Station at Northfield, South Australia. My primary duties were to assay bacterial levels in milk and regularly return the information to the dairy farmers.
1979
Research Assistant in the Psychology Department, School of Social Sciences, the Flinders University of South Australia.
1982
Waitress in the Capri Pizza Bar, Adelaide.
1983-1986
Technical Assistant Grade II in the Anatomy Department of the Flinders University School of Medicine.
1987-1990
Promoted to Research Assistant in the Anatomy Department of the Flinders University School of Medicine. Duties involved were: designing and carrying out experiments examining the anatomy of nerve tissue using immunohistochemical and electron microscopical techniques; photomicrography and darkroom work; preparation of figures and manuscripts for publication; technical training of junior research staff, graduate students and visiting scientists; and management of laboratory protocols and files on computer. This position terminated when my supervisor relocated to the University of Melbourne.
1991 - 1992
NH & MRC Research Assistant in the Flinders University School of Medicine, located in the Division of Surgery at the Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park. I was required to function as a Research Officer, setting up a program of double-labelling immunohistochemistry for neurons in the human urinary tract, designing and equipping a new laboratory, training and supervising a Technical Officer, and assisting in the writing of manuscripts. I continued a hands-on involvement with the technical procedures of immunohistochemistry, microscopy, photomicrography and darkroom work throughout the project.
1992 - 1994
NH&MRC Research Assistant Level 4 in the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University. I established the immunohistochemistry, photomicrography and laboratory maintenance for a new central nervous system neurotoxicology laboratory, and assisted with the design and setting up of a new brain slice pharmacology system. I designed, carried out and analyzed experiments on rat brain slices to determine the neurotransmitter and neuropeptide content of nerve cells in the midbrain and pons that had been treated with neurotoxins. My additional tasks were the technical training of an Honours student and to assist with the preparation of grant applications, scientific publications and materials for teaching purposes.
Higher Education Officer Level 5 in the School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University. I provided technical support for research staff who employed patch clamping to study ion channels in plant root membranes. This involved the cultivation and care of a variety of terrestrial and aquatic plant species and the isolation of protoplasts from their roots. I was responsible for managing the laboratory equipment, chemical stocks and solutions. I assisted with the practical teaching of undergraduate students on an annual field trip, and assisted honours and postgraduate students in the laboratory.
1997- 1998
NH&MRC Research Assistant in the Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Queensland. I worked with my supervisor on several scientific communications on the prefrontal cortex of primates, including a review of the neuronal connectivity of the region. I was involved in a project to set up international collaborations on aspects of the prefrontal cortex that relate to psychiatric disorders in humans. In addition to the brain work, I accompanied my supervisor on several field trips to Heron Island Research Station to contribute to his ongoing project on the spinal nerves of sharks and rays. My duties there included boat handling, SCUBA diving, animal capture and behavioural observation, technical laboratory work and the training and supervision of junior staff and students. This position ended in January 1998 with the end of the NH&MRC grant funding that supported the projects, and the retirement of my supervisor.
1998
I began to implement a change of career, to express my creativity as a writer, artist and photographer. Because this process will take some time, I have been employed in several part-time positions at the University of Queensland:
May-August 1998:
Research Assistant in the Department of Chemical Engineering developing methods for the culture and testing of marine cyanobacteria which cause problematic blooms on the Great Barrier Reef.
August 1998- September 1998:
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) tutor of first and second year medical students in the Graduate Medical School. This involved giving two or more interactive, case-oriented tutorials per week, in which the development of autonomy, self-directed learning and group skills by the students are paramount objectives.
September 1998 - January 1999:
Research Assistant in the Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre, to write up and publish work on the primate prefrontal cortex.
1999
Problem-based Learning Tutor to first year Medical students in the Graduate Medical School of the University of Queensland.
SCIENTIFIC REFEREES:
Associate Professor Peter Snow
Department of Anatomical Sciences
University of Queensland
St Lucia Qld 4072
email: premramoda@yahoo.com
Professor John Furness
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Melbourne
Parkville Vic 3052
ph: 03-9344 5804
fax: 03-9347 5219
email: John.Furness@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au
Associate Professor Simon Manley
Deputy Head, Graduate School of Medicine and
Reader, Physiology and Pharmacolgy Department
University of Queensland
Qld 4072
ph: 07- 3365 3856 (voicemail)
fax: 07-3365 1766
email: manley@plpk.uq.edu.au
mobile: 0412 293 755
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
Trussell DC (1980): "An Experimental Investigation of the Physical and Biotic Influences on the Niche of Bembicium Nanum". Honours Thesis, Flinders University of South Australia School of Biological Sciences
Furness JB, Bornstein JC and Trussell DC (1988): Shapes of nerve cells in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig small intestine revealed by the intracellular injection of dye. Cell Tissue Res 254:561-571
Furness JB, Trussell DC, Maley BE and Storm-Mathisen J (1988): Immunohistochemical localization of gamma-aminobutyric acid in enteric neurons of the guinea-pig small intestine. Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society Proceedings 19:157P
Furness JB, Trussell DC, Pompolo S, Bornstein JC, Maley BE and Storm-Mathisen J (1989): Shapes and projections of neurons with immunoreactivity for gamma-aminobutyric acid in the guinea-pig small intestine. Cell Tissue Res 256:293-301
Pompolo S, Furness JB, Bornstein JC, Hendriks R and Trussell DC (1989): Dogiel type II neurons in the guinea-pig small intestine: ultrastructure in relation to other characteristics. In: MV Singer and H Goebell (eds) Nerves and the Gastrointestinal Tract (Martin Lister, Carnforth UK) pp57-67
Furness JB, Bornstein JC, Hendriks R and Trussell DC (1990): Terminal ramifications and conduction properties of the axons of myenteric AH neurons in the guinea pig small intestine. Gastroenterology 98(5)A352
Furness JB, Trussell DC, Pompolo S, Bornstein JC and Smith TK (1990): Calbindin neurons of the guinea-pig small intestine: quantitative analysis of their numbers and projections. Cell Tissue Research 260:261-272
Bornstein JC, Furness JB, Smith TK and Trussell DC (1991): Synaptic responses evoked in morphologically characterized myenteric neurons by mechanical stimulation of the mucosa of the guinea-pig ileum. J Neurosci 11(2):505-518
Bornstein JC, Hendriks R, Furness JB and Trussell DC (1991): Ramifications of the axons of AH-neurons injected with the intracellular marker biocytin in the myenteric plexus of the guinea pig small intestine. J Comp Neurol 314:437-451
Edyvane KA, Trussell DC, Jonavicius J, Henwood A and Marshall VR (1992): Presence and regional variation in peptide containing nerves in the human ureter. J Auton Nerv Syst 39:127-138
Edyvane KA, Smet PJ, Trussell DC, Jonavicius J and Marshall VR (1994): Patterns of neuronal colocalisation of tyrosine hydroxylase, neuropeptide Y, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P in human ureter. J Auton Nerv Syst 48:241-255
Johnson SM, Bywood PT, Trussell DC and Luo XG (1996): Dendritic damage and apoptosis induced by excitatory amino acids in substantia nigra neurons in vitro. In: Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 7:95
Johnson SM, Trussell DC, McRitchie DA, Halliday GM and Hardman CD (1996): Anatomical and immunohistochemical identification of catecholeminergic neurones in brain slice preparations used in electrophysiology. J Neurosci Methods 64:83-93
Snow PJ and Trussell DC (1997) The prefrontal cortex and the evolution of mind. Int J Neuroscience (in press)
Snow PJ and Trussell DC (1998): Higher consciousness - the domains of the human psyche. Proc. Towards a Science of Consciousness III, Consciousness Research Abstracts p126.Tucson, Arizona.
Snow PJ and Trussell DC (1998): Functional entitites of the human psyche. 9th World Congress of Psychophysiology. Sicily, September, 1998 (in press).
Tomic DL, Hamlin KE, Kitchener PD, Trussell DC, Williams M, Wilson P and Snow PJ: Cytoarchitectonic subdivisions of prefrontal cortex of Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). (in preparation)
ABSTRACTS:
Johnson SM, Bywood PT, Trussell DC and Luo XG (1995): Neurotoxic effects of excitatory amino acids in rat substantia nigra in vitro. Australian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Adelaide, S.A. December 1995
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Edyvane KA, Trussell DC and Marshall VR: Nerves supplying the human bladder contain multiple neurotransmitters. National Incontinence Society, Adelaide, SA, September 1991
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES:
Flinders University Parking and Transport Committee, 1991 - 1995
Recycling and Environment Officer Steering Committee, Flinders University, 1993
Ilkari, the Flinders Conservation Group Inc, Secretary of Executive Committee, 1990 - 1996
Editorial Committee, "Social Alternatives", University of Queensland, 1998
CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF ORGANIZATIONS:
Australian Society of Authors
Queensland Writer's Centre Association
Society of Women Writers Australia
Tyagarah Sustainable Community Alliance (Tyagarah Progress Association)
Women's Network Australia
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ARTISTIC, LITERARY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC CAREER
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4 acceptances in the Australian Photographic Society's 6th National Exhibition
1982
August - winner of "Photoworld" magazine's Kodak Amateur Masters photographic competition
1983
June - second prize in Kodak Amateur Masters
September - second prize in Kodak Amateur Masters
1984
May - Merit Award in Kodak Amateur Masters
1986
January - second prize in Kodak Amateur Masters
1986
Invited to provide photographic portfolio for "Photoworld" magazine
1995
Winner and Special Award winner in the Flinders University School of Biological Sciences Photographic Competition
1997
3 paintings exhibited in the "Sublime To The Gorblimey" exhibition of staff and student art by the Flinders University Union
1999
Commissioned photo shoot, Ross River Homestead and Diamantina Shire Council, Central Australia
2000
Commissioned photo shoot, Arkaroola Pty Ltd, northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Environmental educational photographer, East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, Byron Bay, NSW
Artist and photographer, Buzz Film Festival Body Art Contest, Byron Bay, NSW
Photographer for performances of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Noddy", Byron Bay, NSW
2001
Aerial photographer for Tyagarah Sustainable Community Alliance, NSW
PUBLISHED WORKS:
1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
Winning photographs published in "Photoworld" magazine
1997
Painting entitled "Splash!" published in "Osho Times International" magazine
ACTIVITIES:
1995 Flute player in the Flinders Medical Centre's "Underwraps" concert.
1998 Model for life drawing class.
1998 Member of the editorial committee for the refereed journal "Social Alternatives", based at the University of Queensland
1998 Robert Purnell Poetry Prize entrant
1998 Participant in weekend writer's workshop "First Things First", Queensland Writer's Centre, Brisbane
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ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER: ADELAIDE
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Volunteer with the Conservation Council of South Australia.
1982
Ecological study of coastal vegetation, South Australia, for a doctoral student of herpetology.
1995
Co-facilitator of workshop "How to create formal Environmental Officer positions in Universities", Students, Science and Sustainability Conference, Flinders University.
1990-1996: ILKARI, THE FLINDERS CONSERVATION GROUP INC
Co-founder, logo designer and secretary of "Ilkari", the Flinders Conservation Group, based at the Flinders University of South Australia.
Co-facilitator of "Greenprint Flinders" program to effect change in attitudes to promote ecological sustainability in all aspects of functioning of the University.
Projects carried out under Greenprint Flinders:
Waste recycling programs in University cafeterias to reduce the output of mixed landfill.
Paper Recycling Team won a government paper recycling grant to carry out a city-wide educational program resulting in 5 major institutions in Adelaide, including our own university and medical centre, initiating paper recycling. The cost savings resulting from using the new recycling systems allowed the retention of 5 general staff who had been facing redundancy.
Energy and Transport Team won a Greenhouse reduction grant to design and implement a computer-controlled car pooling system which was subsequently incorporated into the Universityís transport infrastructure.
Promotion of bicycle riding as alternative transport, resulting in construction of bicycle lock-ups and bicycle path upgrades.
Steering committee to create a formal position of Environmental Officer at the University. The Environmental Officer was appointed successfully, and the cost savings resulting from the subsequent implementation of environmental programs funded his position.
Environmental awareness concert "Coolangubra", performed in Matthew Flinders Theatre.
Environmental Retreat with speakers from Government departments, politicians and wildlife restorers.
Bushland Regeneration Project to control weeds and to protect and restore native vegetation along a river system through the University Grounds. The successful restoration activities resulted in the use of the area by students and staff of Biology studying the ecology of native plants and animals.
The Lake Project to convert the ornamental lake within the University grounds to a native wetland system, by destroying feral species of flora and fauna and re-introducing the indigenous species.
Grounds and Maintenance program to encourage the University to change policy on gardening, watering and construction to promote ecological sustainability principles. Major changes in the flora composition and water saving resulted from this program, and are still ongoing.
Catchment Management Network, to promote a comprehensive program of caring for a major catchment system in Adelaide, the Sturt River, by bringing together all disparate groups and co-ordinating their activities and their liason with government, schools and the public.
In 2001 Ilkari is still active and has recently won an Urban Forests grant to support continued work on bushland restoration in the University environs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER: BYRON BAY
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PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - ongoing
Working with many levels of society, from unemployed youth, actors, musicians, artists, activists, National Parks, Council, Landcare, festivals, healers and indigenous people to enhance environmental awareness and effect positive behavioural change in the local community.
"Drainwatch" (litter, waste and catchment care)
East Coast Blues and Roots Festival recycling education
Community markets recycling education
Landcare native vegetation restoration and protection of endangered wetlands and coastal heathlands
Snakes - changing public attitudes to enable acceptance of our high population of snakes
TYAGARAH SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE 2001
Co-founder, logo designer, author of vision statement and committee member of the renewed Tyagarah Progress Association. The goal of the group is to establish policy at local and state government levels and effect changes in behaviour and attitudes at the local level to achieve an ecologically and culturally sustainable community.
Current projects:
Wildlife corridors, landcare and promotion of non-chemical gardening and vegetation restoration.
Watching development hotspots and increasing public awareness and Council liason about environmental issues of development applications.
Writing government policy for the Tyagarah area to minimize the undesirable environmental impact of proposed developments.
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SPORTS, HOBBIES, TRAVEL
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